Senior Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Charles River Associates with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Associate roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Charles River Associates overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Charles River Associates as a Senior Associate according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 23%
Presentation: 23%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 8%
Phone interview: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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I interviewed at Charles River Associates (London, England)
Interview
Easy online test + written test followed by an one hour first round interview, which include a case study. The second round is talking about job market papers and basic technical questions. After monthly wait, they finally schedule an (extra) third round of the interview, which include another two cases. There are little to none behavioural questions (for good or bad) through the process. All interviewers are nice and professional. However, dealling with (local) HR is a complete mess. No feedback provided after rejection following the third round. Leaves me very disappointed, both on the outcome and the way they treat candidates who went so far in the process, which cannot even have a brief one sentence feedback.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2026
Interview
30 minutes interview with two senior level economists. After a short introduction, the rest of the interview was about my job market paper. I told them about my paper, they asked questions where one could tell they had skimmed through my paper. Around minute 25 I wrapped up and they asked me if I had any questions for them.
Two rounds of interviews, one with staff and more technical details and the second one with VPs more high level questions. This included more general chit chat about my background but also another small case study by one of the VPs.
I interviewed at Charles River Associates (New York, NY)
Interview
Very different from other consulting firms - one case study, one presentation to be made on the spot. There was also a SOW and comment on SOW and proposal discussion